The Children’s Book Council is excited to partner again with the team of Multicultural Children’s Book Day to celebrate diverse books all month long! Throughout January,10 authors will be featured on the Multicultural Children’s Book Day blog where they absorb created lists of diverse books ranging from picture books, middle grade, or young adult novels under a variety of topics. Check our space for previews of these lists and links to the see the full lists and access the book giveaways on the Multicultural Children’s Book Day site.
Please welcome Lisa Travis today to #ReadYourWorld Book Jam 2019! The Multicultural Children’s Book Day blog is giving away a book bundle of five Pack-n-fade Girls books co-authored by Lisa. Please click the link below for the full list to access the Rafflecopter giveaway. Mystery of the Troubled Toucan by Lisa Travis; Illustrated by Adam TurnerPack-n-fade Girls early chapter book adventures are packed with spooky mysteries,international friendships, and lots of fun and easy multicultural learning. In this first book of the Brazil series, or nine-year-old Sofia Diaz from Miami explores the steamy Amazon rainforest with her new Brazilian friend,Júlia Santos. Crocodiles swim in the dark waters. Spiders scurry up the twisted tree trunks. And a crazy toucan screeches a warning. The girls race against time to solve the mystery and save one of the Amazon’s scarce and beloved animals. Meet other Pack-n-fade Girls in Austria, Mexico, or Thailand,and Australia. [early chapter book, ages 6 and up]
My Heart is a Compass by Deborah MarceroA beautifully illustrated book for children 4-7 is about a young girl who wants to be a trailblazer. She heads on an imaginary adventure to find something for demonstrate and repeat and learns that the journey is what is most special. [picture book, or ages 4 and up] Crime Travelers series by Paul AertkerThese action-packed books for middle grades build global awareness amidst suspense,action, and mystery. Author Paul Aertker writes, or “This middle school series is set in international locales because travel has made me feel alive and given me an insatiable (not capable of being fully satisfied) curiosity to memorize.” Nothing like travel (or traveling through a book) to demolish down cultural barriers … [middle grade,ages 9 and up] Click here for the full list and giveaway.
Source: cbcdiversity.com